• Alameda County: 1-800-309-2131
• National Hot Line: 1-800-SUICIDE / 1-800 784-2433

• American Foundation for Suicide Prevention dedicated to preventing suicide through education and awareness.
• American Foundation for Suicide Prevention, Greater San Francisco Bay Area Chapter
• American Association of Suicidology is a resource for anyone concerned about suicide, including everyone from therapists to individuals in crisis.
• Crisis Support Services of Alameda County
• Attempter’s Group: call 510-420-2460 for information
• San Francisco Suicide Prevention
• Metanoia
• Faith-Hope-Life, a faith-based resource for suicide prevention.

• Bolton, Iris with Curtis Mitchell, My Son … My Son … – A Guide to Healing After Death, Loss, or Suicide, Roswell, GA: Bolton Press Atlanta, 1983.
• Collins, Judy. Sanity and Grace: A Journey of Suicide, Survival and Strength, New York: Jeremy P. Tarcher, 2003.
• Ellis, Thomas and Newman, Cory. Choosing to Live – How to Defeat Suicide through Cognitive Therapy, Oakland, California: New Harbinger Publications, 1996.
• Fine, Carla, No Time to Say Goodbye – Surviving the Suicide of a Loved One, New York: Broadway Books, 1997.
• Grollman, Earl A. Suicide: Prevention, Intervention, Postvention, Second Edition, Boston: Beacon Press, 1988.
• Heckler, Richard A. Waking Up Alive – The Descent, The Suicide Attempt and the Return to Life, New York: G.P. Putnams Sons, 1994.
• Jamison, Kay Redfield. Night Falls Fast – Understanding Suicide, New York: Alfred A. Knopf, 1999.
• Lukas, Christopher and Henry M. Seiden, Silent Grief – Living in the Wake of Suicide – A survivor and a psychologist tell what it’s like to be left behind – and offer help for moving on, New York: Charles Scribner’s Sons, 1987.
• Mennonite Media. Fierce Goodbye – Living in the Shadow of Suicide, Harrisburg, VA: Mennonite Media Productions.
• Quinnett, Paul. Question Persuade Refer – Ask a Question Save a Life, a booklet used for training for Certified QPR Gatekeeper Instructors by the QPR Institute, 1995.
• Vizzini, Ned. It’s Kind of a Funny Story, New York: Miramax Books, Hyperion, 2006. A novel about a teenager who has a suicidal episode and checks himself into a psychiatric hospital, where he discovers what happiness really is.

How to be Helpful

• Talk Openly about Suicide
• Listen
• Be Non-Judgmental
• Be Available
• Offer Hope
• Make a Pact
• Don’t Swear Secrecy
• Take Action: remove means
• Get Help from Suicide Organizations
• If an Imminent Plan, Call 911, or go to Emergency Room